Potato Rice - Yummy Rice

I came across this potato-rice-pulao from Vardhini blog. I wondered how can a rice be done with potatoes. Really superb and quick jiffy rice and delicious too. Thanks Vardhini for this delicious rice.

I cooked it as a one pot meal. Here comes the recipe. I didn't made any alterations to the recipe.

Ingredients

Basmati rice - 1 1/2 cups

Oil - 1 tbsp

Cloves - 2

Cinnamon - 1"

Onion - 2 medium - chop fine

Green chillies - 4 - slit into 2

Ginger  - 1/2" piece or 1 tsp ginger paste

Potatoes - 2 large - sliced fine

Salt

Cilantro - 1 bunch - cleaned and chopped

Method:

1. Wash and drain rice. Soak rice in water for about 20 min.

2. Heat Oil in a pressure cooker and temper with cloves and cinnamon. 

3. Add onions and green chillies followed by chopped ginger. Saute until onions are pinkish.

4. Next add the potatoes and salt.Saute well for 2 min.

5. Add the key ingredient which is the coriander leaves and mix well. 

6. Add rice and required amount of water. 

7. Pressure cook for 2 whistles.

8. Cool, open and then serve.

Variations:

Vardhini has told that it can be done with eggplant. Want to try with eggplant and post it here.

Egg Paneer dry curry

Paneer and egg are rich in proteins. Egg and paneer gravy sounds interesting. While surfing the net, I got this recipe from IcookIpost Blog.

It tastes great with roti, naan, chapathis... 

Here is my version of this recipe.

Ingredients:

Paneer (cottage cheese) – 200 gm 

Onion – 3

Eggs - 2 

Capsicum – 1 medium - chopped

Ginger –garlic paste – 1tbsp 

  

Red chilly powder – 2 tsp 

Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp 

  

Tomato – 1 big - chopped 

Tomato sauce – 1tsp 

Soya sauce – 2 tsp 

Oil

Curry leaves or coriander leaves 

Method of Preparation: 

Heat oil in pan. Saute ginger-garlic paste and  chopped onions till onions turns pinkish.

Add tomatoes, capsicum, red chilly powder, turmeric powder, salt  to it and cook till tomatoes are mashy. 

Simmer the flame, add egg to it and scramble it well.Add tomato sauce and soy sauce to it. 

Finally add paneer cubes to it. Cover and cook with little water for sometime. 

Remove from heat and garnish with curry leaves. 

Serve hot with Lachha Paratha, Roumali Roti or  Rice.